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Community Academy XXXVI starts March 14

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PALMDALE – The Palmdale and Lancaster Sheriff’s Stations are in the process of selecting 50 interested residents from the station areas to participate in the Antelope Valley’s 36th Community Academy.

The purpose of the free Academy is to build a better understanding between the community and the Sheriff’s Department through education.

Classes will be held Tuesday evenings, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., for eight consecutive weeks starting March 14 at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, located at 501 West Lancaster Blvd.

The program will focus on the Sheriff Department’s operational procedures, as well as sessions ranging from criminal law to undercover operations.

Participants will also go on a ride-a-long, tour a custody facility and participate in role-playing exercises.

If you are interested in participating in the 36th Community Academy, visit the Palmdale or Lancaster Sheriff Station and pick up an application at the front counter.

Applications can be obtained and returned at:

Palmdale Sheriff’s Station
750 East Avenue Q
Palmdale, Ca. 93550

OR

Lancaster Sheriff’s Station
501 West Lancaster Blvd
Lancaster, Ca. 93534

Attn: Community Relations

Due to the limited classroom space, only the first 50 applicants will be accepted; therefore, you will be notified only if you are selected. Those applicants who are eligible but are not enrolled in the academy class will be placed on a list for possible future selection.

For more information, contact Deputy Jodi Wolfe at the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station at 661-272-2520 or email jewolfe@lasd.org, or contact Sgt. Theresa Dawson at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station at 661-940-3882 or email TADawson@lasd.org.

[Information via news release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.]

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13 comments for "Community Academy XXXVI starts March 14"

  2. How is the building community relations when they pick people and select the ones they want to pick if you want better community relations get out of your cars walk around in the community meet people shake their hands and talk to them I’ve met plenty of good police officers who done it this way not by going through an application process and picking the ones they want to pick

    • Like anything else, the sheriffs dept has to be selective in who gets picked. You want good people. People that would be the type for a sheriff position.

      • But how is that building Community relationships if they’re not going out in community and working with people they just picking people who they want

      • This has nothing to do with becoming a Deputy. It is a program that allows people in the community a chance to understand and learn the aspects of the job. The selection process only means they want to ensure they are not inviting criminals into the “secure” areas of the station. Other than that, they only have room for 50.

        It also will put you in a position of role playing and decision making from the standpoint of the patrol deputy. You will learn some about emergency response and responses to calls.

        It is not a job fair.

        • It plays directly into the “if only the community would learn how hard we have it our relationships would be fine since deputies do no wrong and the bad relationships aren’t our fault” mindset that prevents any real improvement.

          Guess what, creating fifty more sycophants won’t change the fact that the general public sees deputies routinely violating the laws they are supposed to be enforcing. We see them shoot more unarmed people than armed people. We hear them refer to the public they are supposedly serving as “cockroaches,” or worse. If the sheriff’s department wants to improve relations they should start at home.

          • I totally agree with you there are some officers who will get out of their car and meet people in the community and then they’re the other ones who don’t really care about the community but what they are doing here is totally wrong

          • The only local deputies that I have ever seen make an effort to meet people did it on their own time…which made me really appreciate their effort. I even acknowledge that they are mostly busy when they are on the clock so getting out to meet people would be unexpected. But when they encounter people in the course of their job most of the time they are doing more harm than good in my opinion.

            Apparent standards of “service” in the LACSD:

            If called to answer a shoplifting call at a store and make out a report, park in a red zone and block the only ramp where people can get their carts up and down the curb. If some uppity citizen dares to suggest that you do otherwise snarl out some sort of threat about “interfering with police business” or just laugh in their face.

            Never use a turn signal. If someone interprets your pulling close to the curb as you approach an intersection where they are sitting at a stop sign as you intending to turn you get to decide that you weren’t turning after all since you didn’t signal, and give them a ticket for pulling out in front of you.

            Always park on the wrong side of the street, preferably across someone’s driveway, unless you can find a place against a red curb that obstructs traffic even better…especially if you are just going into some fast food place to get some lunch. Again, this provides opportunities to laugh in the face of any uppity citizens that might dare to comment.

            Always be quick to remind anyone who doesn’t demonstrate sufficient bowing and scraping that selective enforcement is a thing, and they could be targeted.

          • Bitter much, Mr. Scott? Maybe you should try this academy and see things from their perspective. Ever listen to the LASD scanner? There’s a lot of crap going on out here! They don’t have time to leisurely stroll around town – they’re answering hundreds of calls every day and are lucky they even get time to get a meal! You wanna talk crap? Get out there and find out what you’re talking about first!

          • Nope, not bitter at all. Any time you want to meet me and find out what I do or don’t know about the subject I’d be happy to have that opportunity. You can tell me all about your close up scanner listening experience.

            Meanwhile, I already said “I even acknowledge that they are mostly busy when they are on the clock so getting out to meet people would be unexpected” so other than your compulsion to rag on people you know nothing about…namely me…what made you say “They don’t have time to leisurely stroll around town”?

            Sycophant baton polishers that can’t even take the time to read the comment they are crybabying over literally turn my stomach. To echo a phrase, find out what you are talking about first.

          • Interesting… first you bash them with your comments about their “service” and “…violating all the laws…”, etc; then you act like you’re a staunch supporter because you “even acknowledge that they are mostly busy.” Guess you just like to stir the pot depending on whose comments you’re responding to. I’ve got to get back to real life now – you have fun!